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Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter

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In article <9ku0gvF695U1@mid.individual.net>,
   Steffen Huber <spam@huber-net.de> wrote:
> Chris Evans wrote:
> > In article<26be854052.jades@d.thurlwell.btopenworld.com>, Graham Thurlwell
> > <URL:mailto:nospam@jades.org>  wrote:
> >> On the 30 Nov 2011, Steve Fryatt<news@stevefryatt.org.uk>  wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 30 Nov, Dave Higton wrote in message
> >>>      <e1c2733a52.davehigton@dsl.pipex.com>:
> >>
> >>>> Did you notice the very last line of the article, in which the author
> >>>> describes the A3000 as "a final BBC Micro"?
> >>
> >>> Er, yes.  AFAIK it *was* the final, as IIRC it was the last (Acorn)
> >>> machine to carry the BBC Microcomputer logo.
> >>
> >> It did, my family had one. It ran RISC OS 2 and had the Archimedes
> >> icon on the icon bar. Later A3000s were branded as Acorn.
> >
> > I'm pretty certain they weren't!

> I am pretty sure that all German A3000s were "Acorn" branded. Nobody
> in Germany would have understood a BBC logo anyway.

and in any case, there was a dispute with Brown, Boverie et Cie over the
branding outside the UK.

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Using a RISC OS computer running v5.16 

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The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2011-11-30 20:09 +0000
  Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2011-11-30 22:10 +0000
    Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2011-11-30 22:20 +0000
      Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Graham Thurlwell <nospam@jades.org> - 2011-12-12 17:04 +0000
        Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-13 06:19 +0100
          Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Graham Thurlwell <nospam@jades.org> - 2011-12-14 17:14 +0000
        Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2011-12-14 10:31 +0000
          Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-14 15:28 +0000
          Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Graham Thurlwell <nospam@jades.org> - 2011-12-14 17:17 +0000
            Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter charles <charles@charleshope.demon.co.uk> - 2011-12-14 17:27 +0000
            Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-14 19:42 +0100
              Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Fred Bambrough <fred@[127.0.0.1]> - 2011-12-14 20:35 +0000
                Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2011-12-14 21:02 +0000
                Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Martin Wynn <m.wynn@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2011-12-14 21:56 +0000
                Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter charles <charles@charleshope.demon.co.uk> - 2011-12-14 21:06 +0000
                Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-15 07:21 +0100
                Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2011-12-18 08:08 +0000
                Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Someone Somewhere <nntpac@gmail.com> - 2011-12-18 08:59 +0000
                Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2011-12-18 09:50 +0000
                Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-20 06:15 +0100
                Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2011-12-24 12:47 +0000
                Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Steffen Huber <spam@huber-net.de> - 2012-03-20 15:51 +0100
          Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Steffen Huber <spam@huber-net.de> - 2011-12-15 11:29 +0100
            Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2011-12-15 10:50 +0000
              Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2011-12-15 12:41 +0000
                Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-15 13:12 +0000
            Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter charles <charles@charleshope.demon.co.uk> - 2011-12-15 10:32 +0000
            Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Steffen Huber <spam@huber-net.de> - 2012-03-20 15:52 +0100
              Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Harriet Bazley <bazley@feathermail.co.uk> - 2012-03-28 13:38 +0100
                Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-03-28 14:19 +0000
                Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter John Kortink <kortink@inter.nl.net> - 2012-03-28 17:38 +0200
                Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-03-28 20:44 +0000
                Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter John Kortink <kortink@inter.nl.net> - 2012-03-29 01:25 +0200
                Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Steffen Huber <spam@huber-net.de> - 2012-04-09 17:29 +0200
                Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter John Kortink <kortink@inter.nl.net> - 2012-04-09 19:32 +0200
  Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-01 07:17 +0100
    Re: The BBC Micro turns 30 on The Regsiter Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2011-12-01 10:28 +0000

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